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1. Human Freedom Index 2023

   The Human Freedom Index (HFI) presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. This ninth annual index uses 86 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas: Rule of law Security ...

2. Human Freedom Index 2022

   The Human Freedom Index (HFI) presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. This eighth annual index uses 83 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas: Rule of law Security ...

3. The Human Freedom Index 2021

   The Human Freedom Index (HFI) presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. This seventh annual index uses 82 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas: Rule of law Security ...

4. The tide of global freedom is receding—but there’s hope

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, January 25, 2019 Is the world losing its taste for freedom as we move further into 2019? Two recent reports confirm the perception that freedom is under attack globally. The Human Freedom Index, a joint project of ...

5. The Human Freedom Index 2019

   The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive freedom index so far created for a globally meaningful set of countries. It covers 162 countries for 2017, the most recent year for which sufficient data are available. The index ranks countries beginning ...

6. World Cup reminder—freedom improves the human condition

   People who live in freer societies earn more money, live longer lives and enjoy higher levels of happiness. ...

7. The Human Freedom Index 2020

   The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive freedom index so far created for a globally meaningful set of countries representing 94 percent of the world’s population. The HFI covers 162 countries for 2018, the most recent year for which sufficient ...

8. The Human Freedom Index 2018

   The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive freedom index so far created for a globally meaningful set of countries. The Index covers 162 countries for 2016, the most recent year for which sufficient data are available, and it includes three ...

9. The Human Freedom Index 2017

   The Human Freedom Index (HFI) presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. This third annual index uses 79 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas: Rule of Law Security ...

10. Human freedom waning in many countries

    With the rise of nationalism and hybrid forms of authoritarianism, the rights and freedoms of citizens are under assault in many corners of the globe. Unsurprisingly, among the countries with the most substantial deterioration in freedom ...